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Winter, summer, spring and fall, Aspen Alpine Guides offers every excursion to satisfy your adventurous side. Since 1987, AAG has provided professional, quality mountain guiding adventures in the Aspen area and beyond. We are an equal opportunity service provider and employer operating under a special use permit from the USDA Forest Service, White River National Forest.

Our backcountry mountain adventures span guided year-round trips including hiking, rock climbing, mountaineering, snow-shoeing, cross country ski instruction and tours, backcountry skiing, out of bounds lift assisted skiing, mountain biking, backpacking, hut trips on the 10th Mountain Hut System, and High Altitude Training for runners and Cyclists. We also offer a series of international trekking and climbing trips, as well as American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE) courses. With areas of operation spanning from Crested Butte to Aspen, Leadville to Vail, Telluride and Moab, Utah, we specialize in creating custom backcountry adventures for individuals and groups of all abilities and sizes.

Why choose a guide?

Not only are our guides certified in emergency wilderness medicine, they also have the knowledge and know how to tailor a trip to your individual needs and take you to places far from crowds and conventionality. As the saying goes around here, your guide is your most important accessory. Meet our guides!

Featured Trips

Eagle to Aspen Interconnect

January 15-18th, 2019. Spend four days ski-touring from hut to hut in the remote Colorado backcountry all while staying in rustic 10th Mountain Division huts that will provide a great, warm, night’s sleep. Over the course of three nights and four days you will experience the beautiful Colorado backcountry during a guided ski-tour stretching between Eagle and Aspen, Colorado. Eat delicious hut-cooked food and enjoy the special sort of camaraderie only found in the mountains.

AIARE Level 1: Sangree Hut Based

AAG has partnered up with the 10th Mountain Division Hut to offer Level I Avalanche courses in the ideal backcountry learning environment. These three-night, three-day courses enable all participants to experience backcountry conditions within the 10th Mountain Hut system by using the backcountry huts as a base for the course and fieldwork.

Backcountry Skiing, Hut Trips

Colorado's extensive hut system offers the ultimate backcountry winter experience. Snowshoe, AT or telemark ski into one of these rustic huts, for one night or for many. Our guides can assist with trip itineraries that suit your needs, skills and comfort levels ranging from a single overnight to multiple days out at either established huts or self-made winter camps.